Studio portrait of Benjamin Beery.
Benjamin Washington Beery (1822-1892) was born in Brunswick County, NC. He was a partner in the Cassidey and Beery shipyard in Wilmington, NC. He was a privateer early in the Civil War, but then returned to...

The legendary steamer, Wilmington, was owned by John W. Harper (1856-1917), who was also her captain. Capt. Harper began taking passengers down the Cape Fear River from Wilmington to Southport about 1887. He owned two boats - the Passport and the...

North Carolina, Ships, New Hanover County, Ocean Liners, Businesses,Trains, Docks

An image taken from the Brunswick side of the river (on Eagles Island) looking toward Wilmington. Shows 3-4 tramp steamers taking on cotton from Sprunt's warehouse for export to Europe; and a Clyde Line steamer, (freight and passenger). The...

A steamer is in the river in front of Eagles Island. Point Peter is in the background.
The Native Americans called the river, "Sapona," which is formed by the junction of the Haw and Deep Rivers in Chatham County, NC, and flows southeasterly...

Dr. Charles T. Harper (1873-1915) was born August 10, 1873, son of Jessie Glenora Zimmerman of Baltimore (b.1875, d. 1974). He received his M.D. from The University of Maryland in 1894. He was in private practice from 1894-1915. He opened Harper's...

Bales of cotton being brought in and hoisted onto a ship at Alexander Sprunt and Son on Nutt St. Men can be seen on the wharf and on the ship. Sprunt was one of the largest cotton exporters in the South. The company also operated the Champion...

Group of Wilmington, NC Firemen on Front Street after the Great Fire of 1886.
On February 21, 1886 the steamer "Bladen" arrived from Fayetteville, NC already on fire. It landed at the Wilmington waterfront, catching the nearest buildings on...

John Allen Taylor (1798-1873) was a businessman, who operated the ferry across the Cape Fear River, owned a steamer called the Calhoun, and had extensive railroad interests. In ca. 1847, he constructed the house at 409-411 Market Street, which is...

Built by Edward W. Manning, Commander of Steamer General Howard, as his residence. In 1872 sold for residence to Benjamin J. Cobb, M.D., who had office in separate building in northwest corner of front yard. Purchased in 1880 by William Pinckney...

Grave of Rose O'Neal Greenhow (1813-1864), a Confederate spy, who was drowned while attempting to get into a life-boat of the Blockade Runner, Condor, in the ocean off Fort Fisher. Inscription on the stone: "Mrs. Rose O'N. Greenhow, a bearer of...